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onto Educational Technology News December 1, 2023 9:55 AM
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In corporate training, engaging employees is vital. Read on to explore six revolutionary approaches for impactful and interactive eLearning.
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Watch this video to learn more about the fully online, accelerated, project-based Master of Education in Educational Technology at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. For more information, visit: https://www.utrgv.edu/edtech/index.htm
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This 30-hour accelerated program designed to prepare persons in K-12, higher education, corporate, and military settings to develop the skills and knowledge necessary for the classrooms and boardrooms of tomorrow. Students in this program have the opportunity to earn one or more graduate certificates in E-Learning, Technology Leadership, and Online Instructional Design.
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August 24, 2024 10:34 PM
This is a fantastic program! Its practical, real-world based and applicable to many areas of industry where teaching and learning, training and development are used.
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When AI can generate essays that earn top marks, experiential learning isn’t just an educational trend—it’s a survival strategy.
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"The answer isn’t competing with AI to deliver information—it’s doing what AI cannot: creating transformative, real-world learning experiences."
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Once AI becomes pervasive, it no longer gives companies an edge over rivals — but cultivating creativity can.
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"AI will transform economies and lift markets as a whole, but lasting differentiation will be built on human creativity and passion."
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If AI allows students to automate routine cognitive tasks, it doesn’t mean they’re thinking less. It means their thinking is changing.
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"When writers use precise language to prompt, critical thinking to reflect, and intentional revision to sculpt inputs and outputs, they direct AI to help them generate content that aligns with their vision."
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Endless focus is not a realistic goal for tech use. Psychologist Gloria Mark provides advice to help young people focus in the digital era.
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"It is important for young people to learn about the importance of mono-tasking, and dangers of media overuse, said Mark. But it is also imperative that students understand the dangers of misinformation, disinformation and cyberbullying."
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A new book offers practical, evidence-based strategies for educators to integrate generative AI responsibly in classrooms. It addresses ethics, curriculum, and future trends in AI education.
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Thank you for the writeup for our new book, Teaching and Learning in the Age of Generative AI!
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"Most experts seem to agree that AI will be everywhere within the next five years. Everyday interactions with AI will become just as second nature as browsing the internet. But critical mass adoption isn’t a given. It will require concerted efforts and a series of seemingly small changes by companies to collectively drive cultural and technological shifts from the inside out."
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"As large language models (LLMs) become more advanced, AI agents and other tools will begin playing a middleman of sorts, introducing efficiencies to both technical and non-technical positions throughout the company."
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Students need guidance as they navigate the information landscape, including AI tools that aren't always accurate or vetted.
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"Today’s information landscape is more complex and powerful than ever, but more prone to automation errors, biases, and superficiality"
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"With 92% of students now using generative AI in some form, AI tools are clearly here to stay, says Josh Freeman, author of a just-published survey of AI use by students across the United Kingdom. “The next phase has to be the integration of AI into course content and into the way we teach."
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[T]he survey for 2025 found that student use of AI had surged in the last year, with 92% now using AI in some form – up from 66% in 2024 – and 88% having used GenAI for assessments, compared to 53% in 2024."
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"Here’s a sustainable plan to bring you up to speed on a technology that academe can’t afford to ignore."
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"A quiet disaster is unfolding in college classrooms around this country as artificial intelligence becomes an undeniable reality for students — with little or no guidance from professors. Most faculty members never dreamed they would need to learn about an emerging technology as it arrives in real time and, understandably, they don’t feel comfortable talking about it in class."
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"In his vividly written “Are You Ready for the AI University?” Scott Latham depicts two visions: a transformation experienced by today’s colleges and universities, followed by a description of new, AI-centered institutions."
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"[S]tudents will prefer AI in classes, due in part to their life experience but more for the technology’s personalization and convenience."
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AI can generate valuable insights for higher education institutions and it can be used to enhance the teaching process itself. The caveat is that this can only be achieved when universities adopt a strategic and proactive set of data and process management policies for their use of AI.
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"[D]ata governance is about more than just security; it also encompasses data quality, management practices, and clearly defined roles and responsibilities."
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This Teacher Appreciation Week, we're celebrating educators around the world with FREE membership. Join TCEA for free May 5-9, 2025! Explore this and more at TCEA TechNotes Blog, your go-to source for educational technology and teaching innovation.
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"Know anyone who could use our help? Tomorrow is the LAST DAY they can join TCEA for free - and forever!"
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After integrating Meta AI into WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger, Meta is rolling out a stand-alone AI app. Unveiled at Meta's LlamaCon event
"Meta’s AI app can differentiate itself from existing AI assistants because it can '[draw] on information you’ve already chosen to share on Meta products'"
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Students are not only being academically dishonest, but they’re asking AI to be a little dishonest to cover their tracks.
"Stanford sophomore Eric laid out the technique: use your AI chatbot of choice to create an essay. Next, input its output into another AI chatbot. Finally, run that one through another chatbot and then submit it and take heart knowing that you’ve learned nothing."
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AI Assessment Scale (AIAS) A practical framework to guide the appropriate and ethical use of generative AI in assessment design, empowering educators to make purposeful, evidence-based decisions. Explore the AIAS About the AIAS The AI Assessment Scale (AIAS) was developed by Mike Perkins, Leon Furze, Jasper Roe, and Jason MacVaugh. First introduced in 2023 and…
The AIAS is a "practical framework to guide the appropriate and ethical use of generative AI in assessment design, empowering educators to make purposeful, evidence-based decisions."
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Clear, practical strategies for helping students use AI responsibly and maintain academic integrity.
"As the potential for students to misuse AI tools raises ongoing questions about accountability, cheating, and academic integrity, a scandal from the past offers insights into the future."
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"Bookended by in-depth analyses of the historical and future trajectories of artificial intelligence in education, this comprehensive resource provides evidence-based strategies for classroom implementation and helpful summaries of the benefits and risks associated with AI. Teaching assistance, personalized learning, redefined assessments, anti-bias measures, and safeguards against misconduct and privacy infringement are among the wealth of topics addressed in these chapters. Generally, the authors are supportive of the use of AI as a co-intelligent partner for teaching, learning and assessment. They do explore concerns and issues but take a “we need to get on with it” attitude."
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"One of the many big questions facing the world today is how to balance the ups and downsides of generative AI. With the genie firmly out of the bottle, governments are grappling with how to protect people, their data, and their jobs while encouraging rather than stifling innovation. And so they should; AI will only be a force for good if there is societal level trust in it, in what it can do, how it will affect our lives, and the safeguards around it. A safe and secure AI ecosystem for all is the right ambition."
"AI can drive sustainability through smarter resource use and equitable innovation, but its environmental cost demands responsible practices like energy-efficient models, circular hardware use, and mindful balancing of progress with planetary impact."
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"DeepSeek’s groundbreaking achievements cast a long shadow over the hundreds of billions of dollars that companies like OpenAI, Microsoft, and Meta had poured into their own AI ventures."
"Universities are uniquely positioned to shape not just the workforce of the future, but the values, principles, and frameworks that will guide AI’s trajectory."
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"The question is no longer whether AI will automate aspects of your job. It’s whether you’ll have the initiative and creativity to out-evolve the automation."
"A recent survey by Deloitte found that while 94% of executives believe AI will dramatically shift work models, only 17% have a clear plan for what that shift actually looks like."
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There is no shortage of opinions or perspectives on AI and its impact on education. As we get more granular in our understanding of risks and possibilities, new possibilities and risks emerge. Not even necessarily new, but more defined. As I write this, I realize the first paragraph isn’t great.
"Faced with generative AI in our classrooms, the obvious response for us is to influence students to adopt the helpful uses of AI while persuading them to avoid the harmful ones. Our problem is that we don’t know how to do that."
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"Minecraft is a movie and a very popular video game with iconic block graphics that characters can "mine" for building material and gems. It's also what cognitive scientist Charley Wu and his team utilized to study how people learned as they played. Their unique study focused on both individual and social learning — and they found a clear answer to which players were most successful. (Hint: Get you a player who can do both.) Their results were published recently in the journal Nature Communications."
"The study found that the most successful players were the most adaptive, switching between individual mining and using social learning when the situation called for it."
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Discover how AI avatars are changing the way we approach and deliver training content, making it more efficient, authentic, and personalized.
"[T]he true power lies in their ability to maintain a personal touch, capturing the trainer's voice, tone, and cultural sensitivity, ensuring that the content resonates with learners on a deeper level."
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Explore the ethical concerns of iris scanning and identity verification with Sam Altman's World ID project. Get classroom-ready materials.
"Sam Altman's World project is scanning irises across the U.S. to verify who's human—raising massive questions for educators, parents, and students."
"Interactive eLearning is a flexible and immersive method for employee training. These courses actively involve learners through quizzes, simulations, games, and video-based learning, fostering engagement and real-life application of knowledge. In compliance training, interactive eLearning ensures active engagement, enhancing understanding and retention while transforming mandatory learning into an immersive experience for better adherence and practical application."